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Application filed August 11, 1916. Serial N 0. 114,362.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that LHENRY A. HART, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Flushing, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Figure Toy, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to toys of the-figure class, and the general object of the invention is to provide a toy in the form of two figures preferably representing acrobatic clowns which are adapted to be set up on a fiat surface, like a table, singly or together, to represent certain acrobatic feats, the figures being each made of a flat piece with a contour or outline of such configuration that various surfaces are presented, forming bases on which the figure can be set up, and in addition various points, indentations or recesses are also presented, whereby the two figures can be interengaged for supporting one figure on top of another or against another while both rest on the common supporting surface.

With such objects in view, and others which willappear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of the invention and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the figures; Fig.2 is a perspectiveview of the companion figure; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing one figure suspended from the other; Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view showing, the manner of supporting a figure from a tight-rope and pulley; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the pulley suspension; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the link whereby one figure is suspended from the other; and Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic view showing some of the various positions in which the figures can be set up.

Referring to the drawing, A designates one of the figures and B the other figure. These figures are preferably although not necessarily, cut out from flat pieces of wood,

and the opposite surfaces are painted, lithographed or otherwise finished in representation of clowns, althoughthe'figures may be of a configuration to represent performing animals. In the present instance the toy figure A is represented with the body arched backwardly and the legs bent back toward the head but separated from the latter so that av recess 1 is provided between the head 2 and the feet 3. The contour of the body extending from the feet along the legs, abdomen and chest comprises a succession of fiat surfaces 5,contiguous surfaces being arranged at obtuse angles. These surfaces constitute supporting bases, whereby the figure can be stably supported on a flat surface, such as a table. The arms 6 are extended so as to lie at the vertex of a right-angle formed by the points 7, 8 and 9' which are respectively top of the head, the tips, of the fingers and the bottom of the chest. Besides being capable of restino on any of the surfaces 5, the toy figure can be supported by resting on the tips of thetoes 10 and the top of the head 7, or by resting on the tip of the fingers at 8 and the chest at 9. The walls of the recess 1 are more or less undulated so that the feet of the toy figure B can be effectively engaged in the recess to support one figure on the other.

The toy figure B represents an acrobatic clown with the body bent sharply back so as to be almost ninety degrees to the legs. Consequently, there is formed an arched back edge 11, the ends of the arch being formed by the peak 12 of the cap on the head 13 and the heels 14 of the feet 15. The arms 16 are raised to the cap and the hands 17 lie in a line with the top of the cap so that the hands and cap constitute a supporting surface whereby the figure can be supported on a table by the head of the figure. The figure can also be supported on a table by resting on the points 12 and 14, representing the body being arched upwardly from the table. The arms from the elbows 18 cooperate with the abdominal portion 19 to form a shallow bight or hollow, one extremity of which continues to a point 20 representing the bulging bottom of the blouse. The points 18 and 20 form a supporting base on which the figure toy can rest. Between the point 20 and the upper portion of the legs or the point 21 is another shallow recess or body, and these points 20 and 21 constitute another supporting base on which the toy can stably rest.

The various supporting bases of the figures not only serve topermit the figures to be set up on a fiat table, but they enable one figure to be stably supported on another figure, and furthermore, the projecting points and recesses or indentations of the figures enable them to be engaged and supported or balanced in various positions representing acrobatic feats, as will be clearly understood by reference to the diagram shown in Fig. 7 If desired, the figures may be suspended from a tight-rope by means of a loop C having a pulley 0 to run 011 a rope 1', as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the loop having alining terminal lugs c to enter openings 22 or 23 in the toy figure A, or opening 24 in the toy figure B. Or one figure may be suspended from the other, as, for instance, by the link D, which has laterally-extending pivot-forming extremities cl and d for engaging in the openings of the toy figures.

From the diagram shown in Fig. 7 it will be obvious that a great variety of positions can be assumed by the figures singly or in combination, thereby affording much amusement to children.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A toy comprising a figure made of a fiat piece and having a contour formed of contiguous surfaces at an angle to each other and of spaced points and recesses whereby the figure can be set up in different positions.

2. A toy comprising a plurality of figures made of fiat pieces and having a contour composed of spaced points, recesses, supporting surfaces and projections, whereby the figures can be set up edgewise on a fiat surface, or one figure supported on another, with the projections of one figure engaging in the recesses of the other figure.

3. A toy representing a figure with the body bent back and the legs bent toward the head but spaced therefrom, whereby the legs and back form a recess, the front edges of the leg and body portionsbeing formed of flat surfaces, contiguous flat surfaces being disposed at an obtuse angle to each other,

the head and toes of the figure also constituting a supporting base on which the figure can rest.

4. A toy representing a figure with the body bent back and the legs bent toward the head but spaced therefrom, whereby the legs and back form a recess, the front edges of the leg and body portions being formed of fiat surfaces, contiguous fiat surfaces being disposed at an obtuse angle to each other, the head and toes of the figure also constituting a supporting base 011 which the figure can rest, said figure having a member representing the arms raised forwardly above the head.

5. A toy in the form of a figure made of a fiat piece and having the legs of the figure disposed at approximately right-angles to the body, whereby the feet and head constitute spaced points on which the body can be supported, the front edge of the legs, body and arms being so shaped as to provide a plurality of supporting points and intermediate shallow bights.

6. A toy of the class described comprising companion figures each made of fiat pieces and cut out in silhouette form, with the contour made up of spaced supporting points or projections, supporting surfaces or recesses, whereby one figure can be supported on or interlocked with the other.

7. A toy of the class described comprising companion figures each made of flat pieces and cut out in silhouette form, with the contour made up of spaced supporting points or projections, supporting surfaces or recesses, whereby one figure can be supported on or interlocked with the other, and means detachably connected with the figures for suspending one on the other.

8. A toy of the class described comprising companion figures each made of fiat pieces and cut out in silhouette form, with the contour made up of spaced supporting points or projections, supporting surfaces or recesses, whereby one figure can be supported on or interlocked with the other, means detachably connected with the figures for suspending one on the other, a line, and means for movably suspending from the line the said figures.

HENRY A. HART.

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Washington, D. 0.

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